This apple baked steel cut oatmeal recipe is a lovely make-ahead breakfast option for busy mornings. Studded with sweet apple chunks, raisins and cinnamon, these oats will satisfy your taste-buds and keep you feeling full all morning.
I’ve been on a warm breakfast kick and my favorite as of late has been baked oatmeal. After making this maple pecan baked oatmeal Isaac requested a version without nuts so I started brainstorming. He loves raisins so I took that idea and ran with it.
The result was a baked oatmeal with apple chunks and plump raisins nestled throughout. Doesn’t it look pretty with all the apple bites and chia seeds on top?
The combo of oats, apples, raisins, a little maple syrup and a dash of cinnamon makes for a naturally sweet and delicious healthy oatmeal bake. This version is particularly nutritious, because I used steel cut oats. They’re the least processed of all oats and have an awesome chewy texture. They do take a bit longer to cook so this recipe does take about 20 minutes longer to bake than my apple cinnamon baked oatmeal with rolled oats.
Some baked oatmeal recipes call for butter, milk and eggs, but we’re keeping this recipe vegan and dairy-free by using chia seeds, coconut oil and almond milk.
If you love being able to meal prep breakfast for the week, baked oatmeal is going to be your new BFF! You can make a batch over the weekend and you’ll be set with an easy breakfast for the week (or at least most of it).
Reheating the baked oatmeal is a breeze, either using the microwave, toaster oven or stove-top. Although I have to tell ya, I’ve found that the oats are really good eaten cold as well. I’ve been known to eat them straight from the fridge, but sometimes I’ll add an extra splash of almond milk and eat them like overnight oats or muesli. Yum!
If you’re a baked apple lover you will adore this baked oatmeal. Trust me on this one. The apples get extra sweet, soft and are coated with cinnamon. It reminds me of apple pie, which is perfection because apple pie is my fave.
Isaac absolutely loved this version and thought the sweetness was perfect. If you’re trying to cut back on sugar or just prefer things mildly sweetened, you can easily reduce the maple syrup and raisins a bit. It won’t affect the end result, the oats will just be a little less sweet. Enjoy!
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Love this recipe! It’s so delicious & easy! I’ve done it with apples and also omitted the apples! This is a great go-to breakfast!
Woo! So glad to hear that, Jessica. Thanks for coming back to leave a review, I appreciate it so much.
This turned out better than I expected! It was a little on the sweet side for me so next time I’ll do half the amount of maple syrup. I added some protein powder to boost the protein and some pecan pieces. I was a bit nervous about baking it right after mixing it thinking the oats would be too chewy so after I mixed it I refrigerated overnight then baked the next morning. When I took it out of the fridge it seemed as though it had really firmed up and I was excited about that but turns out it was just from the coconut oil getting solid because once in the oven it loosend up. It took about 1hr15 min to bake up to a firmness I like. To me it tastes about the same as if I made in my instant pot but I like the overall fillings to oats ratio and the ease of making it. I will definitely make again.
Thanks for making this, Methia and for the review! I so appreciate it. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
We made this baked oatmeal today, and it’s so delicious! I did make a few changes: I didn’t peel the apple, just diced it. I added 1 large Egglands Best egg, used 1.5 cups steel oats, used Silk Protein milk, and omitted the raisins. Also made 6 servings instead of 4, so that changed nutritional info: 297 calories, 10 g fat, sodium 184, total carbs 42g, 5g fiber, 14g sugar, 9g protein.
Will definitely make this again!
Oh yay! So happy to hear this oatmeal was a success even with the substitutions, Diane! Thanks so much for trying it out and coming back to leave a review. I really appreciate it!
Could you make this in an instant pot?
I bet you could, but I haven’t tried it! Let me know if you do try it. I also have this apple cinnamon oatmeal with instant pot instructions you could check out!
So good !!